BG - 3.21

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।

yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate

• yat yat - whatever
• ācharati - does
• śhreṣhṭhaḥ - the best
• tat tat - that (alone)
• eva - certainly
• itaraḥ - common
• janaḥ - people
• saḥ - they
• yat - whichever
• pramāṇam - standard
• kurute - perform
• lokaḥ - world
• tat - that
• anuvartate - pursues

Translation

Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.

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